Microscopic Flora and Fauna

On 16 October 2001, students in Dr. Coté's Principles of Biology Class at Radford University examined water samples from the wetland at the base of the weeping tufa cliffs at the entrance of Wildwood Park.  This was the first time a sample taken in autumn had been studied.  A diatom shaped like a potato chip (Campylodiscus) was the most unusual new find.

The Organisms        

The students involved in the study:
Algae:
Characium
Spirogyra
Other filamentous algae

Diatoms:
Campylodiscus
Navicula

Protozoa:
Ciliates

 Animals:
Rotifer
Water Sow Bug (Asellus)
An ostracod -- Cypridopsis?
Fly (Dipteran) larva (Stratiomys?)
Nematode worms
An earthworm
A beetle

 

 Kara Ange
Ryan Aubin
Jeff Austin
Chris Bell
Ali Bresko
Anthony Brown
Jon Byrnes
Todd Cheney
Jennifer Coleman
Drew Collins
Courtney Cook
Andy Curtis
Phil D'Arcangelis
Chris Dick
Greg Dombrowski
Amanda Doré
Thom Drunagel
Jena Elliott
Sarah Fishler
Alison Flegel
Steven Fredericks
Desirée Gomes		 Graham Hall
Allen Harper
Leah Kantor
Mike King
Will King
Daphne Mondevil
Shelly Mony
Maria Morgan
Erin O'Leary
Alysia Owens
Martha Phillips
Bonnie Scott
April Smith
Sarah Snedeker
Hadley Smith
Justin Tubb
Andrea Warren
Laura Washington
Stephen Wasilenko
Neal Whitescarver
Joel Whitman
Peter Wright

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